Welcome to Mercer Canyons, Inc.

Mercer Canyons is a center-pivot irrigated land is located in Washington’s Horse Heaven Hills, a region with sandy soils and a desert-like climate. In addition to carrots, the company also grows potatoes, grass seed, corn, garlic and organics. The company was formed in 1959. The John Day Dam on the Columbia River was constructed in 1968 allowing the ranch to add irrigated crops to their feedlot, livestock and dryland crops. The original crops of sugarbeets, with wheat and alfalfa grown for cattle feed were barely profitable, causing Mercer Canyons to begin searching for more high value crops in the early 70’s. When U & I Sugar plant in nearby Toppenish, Wash., shut down in 1978, the search took on more importance. This led our company to preliminary plantings of Carrots in 1981.